Last month, the EPA finalized mercury and air toxic standards for coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam-generating units (EGUs) larger than 25 MW (see IBO 12/31/11). The so-called Utility MACT (maximum achievable control technology) establishes emissions standards for air pollutants, including mercury, arsenic, chromium, nickel and acid gases. One type of instrument for which demand […]

Seeking to solidify its position in the personalized health care market and add to its research instrument business, on January 25, Roche announced a $5.7 billion unsolicited proposal to acquire Illumina (see page 2). The announcement further bolstered expectations surrounding the use of post-Sanger sequencing, especially next-generation sequencing, in clinical and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) […]